Category Archives: Sedition Watch

Did a West Point General Troll Trump Before His Weird Commencement Address?? (My Answer: Yes!)

There were many snarky media cracks made about president Trump’s very weird West Point commencement address on May 24th. It was definitely up there on the crowded DJT Weirdness scale: a long shaggy dog story about an unhappy real estate developer and his unhappy trophy wife, a plop of freshly made up steaming malarkey about … Continue reading Did a West Point General Troll Trump Before His Weird Commencement Address?? (My Answer: Yes!) →

The Naval Academy Library’s Magical Minstrel Show for Massa Hegseth

I hate to admit it, but my authorial ego was bruised by wading through the list of 381 books pulled from the Nimitz Library of the U. S. Naval Academy last week. It tallied the volumes expelled by order of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, for committing the grave sins of advocating and documenting aspects of … Continue reading The Naval Academy Library’s Magical Minstrel Show for Massa Hegseth →

Dread: Confronting a key tool of Authoritarian Rule

It was just a suitcase. Well-used, medium size, dun-colored, nondescript. Sitting upright on the porch, not far from the low railing, out of sight of the sidewalk. Why was it so unnerving? And what’s it got to do with America 2025? We’ll get to 2025 presently. First, consider the location: 1315 Lapsley Street on … Continue reading Dread: Confronting a key tool of Authoritarian Rule →

How Pizza, Porn & Public Executions Made Good Politics in North Carolina

Every Democrat who won a state-level race in North Carolina this week ought to be tossing at least a fiver into a common hat. Then that wad of bills should be plunked down at Greensboro’s greasiest pizza parlor, to have at several dozen steamy pies delivered to the front porch of Chez Mark Robinson, topped … Continue reading How Pizza, Porn & Public Executions Made Good Politics in North Carolina →

“Tell It Slant”: The New Quaker Biography’s First Review Is Out!

The Western Friend is continuing evidence (tho it’s still news to some) that there is lively Quaker periodical publishing outside Philadelphia. When the editor learned about Tell It Slant, she didn’t hesitate: Friend Mitchell Santine Gould’s review, the first, was included in its current online newsletter edition. Mitch is a distinguished independent historian with a … Continue reading “Tell It Slant”: The New Quaker Biography’s First Review Is Out! →